Morpho amphitryon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Morphinae
Tribus: Morphini
Subtribus: Morphina
Genus: Morpho
Subgenus: Iphimedeia
Species: Morpho amphitryon
Subspecies: M. a. amphitryon – M. a. cinereus – M. a. duchenei – M. a. susarion

Name

Morpho amphitryon Staudinger, 1887

Type locality: Peru

Synonyms

• Morpho (Iphimedeia) theseus amphitrion[sic] f. azurita Fruhstorfer, 1913, TL: Peru
• Morpho hercules antaeus Röber, 1927, TL: Peru
• Morpho (Iphimedeia) amphitrion amphitrion[sic] f. persion Le Moult & Réal, 1962
• Morpho amphitryon duponti Duchêne, 1985, TL: Peru

References

• Blandin, P. & Lamas, G., 2006: Five new Peruvian subspecies of Morpho (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Morphinae). Revista Peruana de Entomologia, 45: 65–70. full article (pdf}. Reference page. 
• Duchêne, G. 1985. Morpho amphitrion [sic] Staudinger, 1887: Panorama des formes connues et description des formes nouvelles (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Bulletin de la Societé Sciences Nat. 48: 23–27. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.